Show HE FOUGHT FOR A WIFE killed one alan and others before be could mary m peace cor N Y sun the marriage of henry B conover to miss elbbie young last week ended one of the must exciting courtships court ships on record in this territory a here court chips are not infrequently exciting conover ft as an chiu boy who came to abla country to or three years ago bringing a knowledge of he carpenter tracie and not much else sith him unless an ability to play the banjo and dance a jig be counted he stalwart and wiling however and biad no difficulty in getting enough to do to gat a living and thal is about all one wants to do who lives here tor iacre no climate in ane united states better adapted to make a man comfortable when he haa nothing to do than the cherokee Chero keo nation the meeting of miss young with conover was at a stamp down dance a few miles south ol 01 here in the churbe of the dance when the circle about the little fire had enlarged until it was baine six rods in diameter conover determined to join in ha watched the circle until a particularly pretty girl he bad noticed came around opposite him and then step bcd up to fall in behind her conover did not know an ardent admirer of the girl was already right behind her probably ho would not have cared if he had known it particularly after he had started and caught one glance of the great brown eyes aar to cheroke maidens the girl t led to make room for him but the other fellow his name was tancy her arm and led at conover the girl resented scotta doboga and then eccott drew a wicked knife and made a lunge at his rival conover budged alie blow and looked very much surprised he bad nut ant thit the girl th ho was afraid and curled her lip that settled fate conover jumped on him as a cat does on a mouse and bearing him to the ground grabbed him about tho neck and choked him till he was black in the ace and sense the dance had been interrupted somewhat by the fight but it went on right away and conover joined in lie bad forgotten about scott when the choken man revived and got a revolver the girl saw the pistol and screand d aid conover jumped in scotts bullet grazed his ear the fortunately missed lire and before the next coul 1 ho fired cono er had him again this time the young carpenter grabbed the revolver wrenched it away and hit escritt over the with it fracturing his skull ao that he died next day after a short 8 joum in prison conover waa released and came bick to his home liera and found himself extremely popular we with the relations of scott lie very quickly learned that if he were to stay ha had to fight them fortunately the relations of the girl elie wag a neen dant of old chief six killer and bt lar as well and had many relations were all on Co bide to the extent tint they wera ready to give him warning of impending danger lie got a warning of that sort the first sunday be spent ahre lie had an appointment to meet lifs young during the evening and wag t ild that hank jennings a cousin of scott was going to baylay him at a certain place on the r a 1 ta the young firm conover eald he would keep an eye open instead of follow ing the road he avit it before reaching the ambush and malm a detour fame into the road oi be benninga Jen ninga but it would never do to thus turn aw ay from danger lie must fighter lose cast in this country si he walked back down the road until he located jennings Jenni who hd a rifle and was looking down the road conover had a p stol but was not a good ahot eo he determined to etelk his enemy with great care he approached until within two rods of jennings and thi n gome conov r made abraded the others attention so conover plunged ahead with a yei jennings jumped up and turned and then conover fired jennings bis gun and held up hs hands for a minute and then tumbled over to the ground with a serious bullet hole through ih bis shoulder for a mo nent conover thought he had better finish the job by killing the rascal but ho hid not been in the territory long enough to do tint afterward he almost repented his mercy learning that duck murray a half brother of the scott had announced hia ints ution to tike a hand in the row by shooting conover on bight the latter deter m ned to prepare for war ia a scientific manner so lie went to ex deputy lasbal oue of the bast shots in and asked to ba instructed ted in iho art of handling a e this mae a great laugh through the country for rio one here had ever thought of taking lessons in astol sho biting murray went about tell ng folks it was a pity to kill a schoolboy and nothing but a fenre of duty male ma le him think of doing it luck favored conmier Co however for be happened to meet hia adderi ary unexpectedly as he the corner by the lie clinched with murray keither could draft a weapon aad the two were sam rolling on the ground it was rough and tumble for a few and alien 0 nover got murrays Mur rays revolver and jumped to his fett the leaned eagerly forward to see tha prostrate man get bia death wound alt once more stopped he could noa kill a helpless man amt alien A moment later though he was ready to do eo for jen with one arm in a sling and a pistol in the othar arrived and fired at connovers Con overs back conover felt the bullet glince along a rib and firing one bulat into murray whirled around ard faced both men aim was the better and jennings Jenni alone fell it happened that ne ther jennings Jennin gB nor MurrAy was fatally wounded aad although n one knew it at tle time the crowd agan eb outing to finish his job method of daug this was peculiar he grabbed jennings by collar disarmed him and side then be both men to their knees and aoker them if they were rady to die both begged for mercy at this coco ver borrow a testament Tet ament bibles are ai plentiful in tha cherokee nation as pistols from a and asked each if he would swear to ba his friend in the futura ebli to k the and singular as it may seem elsewhere both have religiously abided by it since to make sure of liis position conover within alie next day ater his last fight called on each of scoble three remaining male relatives ad asked hm categorically if he wera tor w ar or peace it was ohp result of the fight with murray and jennings apparently patently ly that made each one say peace the war was over and conover haq free to marry miss young w without further trouble in almost every part of the boitin cut conover would as a her weila heia popular here he is apok en of as a man too liberal far bis onn good they find it difficult to under baand how a man child be devoid of a desire for bloody revenge w ben shot at from behind |